We’ve had this Ikea easel for about 2 years and love it. I was going to move it to our garage to make way for Xmas gifts but, my 3 year old’s preschool teacher recently told me it’s great for children who are learning to write to do so on an easel. She said studies have shown writing against gravity is an exellent way to learn. So, another good reason to have an easel!

I agree ikea is hard to beat when it comes to nice, good and cheap solutions! The paper roll is a brilliant idea! I even like what we call “la bata de picasso”, it’s an artist smock by ikea, just perfect!

We have had the easel for many years now. Both sides can also be used with magnetic letters, another good way to practice reading and spelling. What I don’t understand is why they put the supplies tray in the white board side. For collecting chalk dust the blackboard side would be more conveniënt.
In school they only have Smart boards, so kids are happy having a blackboard at home.

I love Ikea and shop there regularly. But when it comes to art supplies for children they don’t rate high on my list. I teach young children art classes and have a very good grasp what young children need. I love the easel, have a couple of my own from there. The color pencils are good and a good quality, not sure if non-toxic. Washable paint is important, but not as important then a non-toxic seal on them. I like the the dry cake water color set that’s a plus, non-toxic? not sure. The crayons I would not give to young children, these of course need a non-toxic seal because they go into young months, plus they break quickly. I hand make crayons for young children, colourblocks.com. And I have bought these Ikea paint brushes and they don’t last to long, Not very good for small hands. Ikea’s paint brushes are two long for small hand painting projects. Love the paper rolls. I always have these on hand and it is a great price. Thats my take, Spramani E’Laun from Nature of Art.